Treatments & Services

We take pride in providing our patients the best dental visit ever. Whether it's
your first time at the dentist or you are visiting us for the first time, we guarantee
that our comprehensive exam is thorough, informative, and fun. What makes us a cut
above the rest? We use the latest diagnostic technologies, present easy to understand
patient education materials, and spend quality time sitting with you to answer your
treatment and financial questions.

As an integral part of your first visit with us, we would like to give you a complete
tour of our office. From the front door to our staff lounge, we want to show you
that we are all about integrity, cleanliness, and consistency. The more familiar
you are with the environment, the less there is to fear regarding any unknowns.

We use a program called CAESY to help aid our patients in seeing and understanding
the dental conditions and treatments we provide. We want to make sure you are never
left in the dark and will provide free materials to take home for you to review.
We want to empower you to make the right decisions and part of that is to give you
all the information you need. Provided in each treatment section, you can find a
link to a CAESY presentation on the treatment of interest.

Gone are the days of film and processing. Our office utilizes digital technology
to give us the best quality to diagnose your dental conditions. The digital world
in the realm of dentistry is continuously improving and we want to make sure you
are receiving the most current standard of care. Compared to film processing, digital
X-rays emit 90% less radiation and use no chemicals. We want what is safe for you
as well as the environment.

As a part of your comprehensive dental examination, we want to sit down with you
and spend time communicating treatment options, working together to educating you,
as well as catering to your specific dental and financial needs. As promised in
our patient's bill of rights, no lecturing will be done! Our "dental education"
room will allow you to feel comfortable about moving forward with meeting your dental
needs.

Part of how we perceive fears in the dental office today can come from previous
experiences that may have not been pleasant. We want to give you the means to overcome
your fears by providing the utmost comfort. "Laughing gas" is a safe means to provide
a conscious sedative effect using a metered tank that administers nitrous oxide
and oxygen.

3 out of every 4 patients have a form of gum disease, and yet, many go through their
lives without knowing that they have it. When we can determine the conditions of
your gums, we can then provide the proper treatment to target the cause of gum disease.
Without healthy gums, it is impossible to have healthy teeth. Hygiene care can be
in the form of a "prophy", which cleans above the gum line. Deep scaling is a form
of cleaning that helps remove tartar that has built up in pockets below the gum
line. We will help diagnose what you need with our comprehensive exam and advanced
diagnostic technology.

There are many ways to whiten our teeth, but not everyone responds the same way
to whitening treatments. From educating you on the different over-the-counter whitening
products to our in-office professional whitening systems, we will help you find
the best way to brighten your smile.

Our office uses white colored filling material and use a shade guide to best match
restorations to the shade of your natural teeth. From veneers and whitening, to
aligning your teeth with invisalign, we can help you achieve the beautiful smile
you always wanted.

Periodontal disease is gum disease that has progressed to the surrounding bone.
We can diagnose the level of periodontitis and provide the appropriate treatment
to restore your oral health. Periodontal disease is showing to have more and more
links to other health conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, and complications
with pregnancies. We will definitely give you all the information you need to get
you on the right track!

When a tooth is non-restorable, we may have to remove the tooth to prevent or stop
infection from spreading. We want to provide a safe and painless experience for
our patients by using local anesthetics and the option to use conscience sedation,
also known as "laughing gas". Should our patient desire to be completely sedated,
our neighboring oral surgeon, Dr. Daniel T. Richardson can provide intravenous sedation.
Please speak to us if you need more information!

Also known as "root canal therapy", is a treatment where infected pulp tissue inside
the tooth is removed and sealed. Cavities that have encroached the pulp tissue may
or may not exhibit symptoms and careful diagnosis helps determine when this treatment
is necessary.

The standard of care today in replacing missing teeth are implants. Although it
is a surgical procedure that involves placing a fixture into healthy bone, it is
a very safe, painless, and proven method to restoring missing teeth.

We will give our patients all the options in restoring missing teeth. There are
various ways to restoring the bite, the feel, and the look a patient wants after
having lost one or more teeth. More popular for dentures are the valplast dentures.
It is a flexible, light, and durable denture that can provide wonderful esthetics
and function.

An alternative to the traditional orthodontic wires and brackets, you may be a candidate
to align your teeth using clear aligners. Get more information at invisalign.com
or come in for your free consultation today! http://www.invisalign.com/Pages/